In the big leagues now: Saudi Arabia’s push into sport
Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman says a presence in top-level global sport is one route to modernising; critics call the effort a distraction from the country’s appalling human-rights record. Brazil’s...
11 Aug 202324min
Taken too soon: why so many Americans die young
An appalling record compared with much of the rich world is not just down to drugs and guns. We ask what changes, both in policy and philosophy, might reduce the death toll. A heat-transporting ocean ...
10 Aug 202323min
Trust the processor: America’s CHIPS Act one year on
Big-money legislation to bring microprocessor manufacturing to the country is off to a reasonable start—but dominance of the industry is and will probably remain distant. Britain was once a leading li...
9 Aug 202322min
Bloc can tackle? ECOWAS and Niger’s coup
The Economic Community of West African States may yet try to restore President Mohamed Bazoum militarily. Either way, Niger’s status as a bulwark against jihadism is threatened. America’s Republican h...
8 Aug 202327min
Back to front: visiting Ukraine’s firing line
As diplomatic efforts played out in Saudi Arabia our correspondent recounts travels along the nearly unbroken front line of the war—finding frustrated but determined soldiers and exhausted, fearful ci...
7 Aug 202322min
Too big tech: is Alphabet approaching a growth ceiling?
As the tech giant approaches its 25-year anniversary, there are questions of just how much more it can possibly grow. Investors are used to stratospheric returns. Is it time to manage expectations? Ne...
4 Aug 202326min
Industrial waste: the world’s misguided manufacturing policies
The industrial arms race is on. For many political reasons, countries with the means are throwing billions of dollars into local industries. But when will leaders realise that it might harm their econ...
3 Aug 202325min
Big-claims court: Donald Trump’s latest indictment
The former American president is facing a new set of unprecedented legal challenges linked to his claims that he won the 2020 election. These charges are perhaps the most serious ones yet, but how wil...
2 Aug 202324min
